Whip-socket



(N0 Mpdel.)

F. E... BENTON.

WHIP SOCKET.

Patented Ju1y26, 1887.

* UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE,

FRANCIS E. BENTON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MEHALA BENTON, or WEST wINDHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,179, dated July 26, 1887. Anplicationfiled December 29,1886. Serial No. 222,863. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS E. BENTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county'of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VVhip-Sockets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

The invention has forits object to secure the :5 rubber clasp of a-whip-socket so that it will have ample freedom of play, but be always kept in its place, In order to accomplish this I construct two shoulders on the inside of the socket, and upon one of these support a spiral 2o spring, on which the rubber clasp rests and by which it is yieldingly held up to its place against a superposed ring on the inside of the socket.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 of the drawingsis an elevation in to do so requires means which shall keep it always horizontal and in its intended place. When the whip is thrust into the socket, it tends to push it downwardly out of place, 0 while when pulled up the whip tends to drag the clasp out. As soon as the whip is down in the socket the spiral spring 0, which bears upon the under side of the clasp near its circu inference, raises it up against the inside ring, B, which prevents it from being pulled out of place when the whip is removed.

The spring 0 is supported upon the socketshoulder a and the clasp D' upon the spring, while the ring B fits inside the socket and is glued above the clasp. By this construction the clasp has the required play, and is always kept against the ring B,while the inner face of the socket tapers from the shoulder a down to the bottom hole, a, so as to support the butt of whip and allow moisture or dust to escape.

Having thus described all that is necessary to a full understanding of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire'to protect by Letters Patent, is-

A whip-s0cket having a spiral spring supported upon the shoulder a, a rubber clasp resting on the spring, and an inside fastening above the-clasp, substantially as shown and described. r

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS E. BENTON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. STEERE, WALTER J. WHIsToN. 

